Blog Posts by Susan Egner
Inspirations, thoughts by Minnesota author and flight attendant
The new book, that I had hoped to have out by Halloween was published on the Day of the Dead. It’s strange to write about Wicca just as I was approaching Halloween. There are so many mixed messages in the holiday. Some don’t like it because they tie it to the devil which my research hasn’t proved to be true. I’ve never looked at Halloween with any deeper meaning than kids having fun; dressing up in costumes, threatening a trick if they don’t get a treat. I’ve never known any trick-or-treating kids to mar the holiday with mean tricks or vandalism of any kind. Once in a while teenage boys smash a few pumpkins, but by Halloween, they’re getting pretty soft anyway. As we still work our way through Covid 19, it seems that a sense of humor might be life saving. How are we to continue to live our lives if we feel it will be devoid of humor forever? Though no trick-or-treaters came to our door, I heard that many attended specially contrived events to give them the same sense of fun–socially-distanced of course. I hope the costumes brought lots of giggles and suspect the candy brought a few belly aches. I hope you enjoy my new book and write a review. It’s most appreciated.
Let’s try this again. Halloween is a little over a month away and it’s a controversial holiday. Yes it dates back to pagan times when people believed that on All Hallowed’s Eve, the night before Halloween, the veil was very thin between those who had passed and those who still lived. Thus, that night they […]
I posted this picture several years ago but I always enjoy the story. That’s my father holding the big Graphix camera. He was a reporter for the Florida Times Union and was covering President Eisenhower reviewing the troops on the US Saratoga aircraft carrier. Those old cameras used large flash-bulbs and while daddy was shooting his picture, one of them exploded. No questions asked, no explanation allowed, he was hauled off by the Secret Service. What made the story so funny, is when my dad’s picture was developed, Eisenhower was the only one who didn’t duck. This picture I’m showing was taken by Rocco, another Times Union photographer. Wish I had the picture my dad took. I’m currently writing a fictional biography of my father, Louis O. Egner. We heard so many of his stories but when I tried to get him to record them for me, he only recorded a few. This is one of those wonderful memories.